14.06.2010, 10:15
Battle for World Championship places

The second leg of the Play-off games will take place on 18-20 June.

Battle for World Championship places

The first leg of the 2011 Men’s World Championship Qualification Play-off Europe took place in nine countries over the past weekend.

1st leg:

Austria vs Netherlands   31 : 15 
Norway vs Lithuania   27 : 19 
Slovenia vs Hungary   27 : 25 
Germany vs Greece   25 : 20 
Slovakia vs Ukraine   25 : 30 
Serbia vs Czech Republic    27 : 23 
Romania vs Russia   28 : 32 
Denmark vs Switzerland 32 : 27
Portugal vs Spain   26 : 27 


The return games will be played between 18 – 20 June 2010.

Places booked for Sweden

Title holder France and the host nation Sweden are set for the 2011 World Championship. The four best teams from the EHF EURO 2010 in Austria are also directly qualified. As France was one of them, this adds Poland, Iceland and Croatia.

From other Continents, Japan, South Korea, Bahrain (Asia), Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria (Africa) and Australia qualified.

The remaining 12 teams will face last qualification matches: 9 tickets are reserved for Europe, 3 for the Pan-American continent.

Final Tournament Info

The Final Tournament Draw will be held in the Scandinavium in Gothenburg on 9 July 2010. Four Preliminary Round Groups with six teams each will be drawn.

This 2011 Men’s World Handball Championships will take place in Sweden between 13 – 30 January. The eight playing venues are Malmö (final venue), Lund, Kristianstad, Göteborg, Skövde, Jönköping, Linköping and Norrköping. Tickets are on sale already.

Find all details on http://www.handball2011.com/

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